The president Dina Boluarte He tells the pollsters: “Give me zero,” as if he did not care about the results of citizens’ approval. But it is quite the opposite.
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In the next few hours he will take out his ‘ace’ up his sleeve for those popularity points that he ignores: he will increase the minimum vital remuneration (RMV), supposedly to benefit the workers. However, the most recent history shows that, when these increases have occurred, they have been for political purposes, such as the low acceptance of the presidents, according to a BCR study.
It can be corroborated that Alejandro Toledo increased the RMV by 12.2% between August and October 2023, when its approval was plummeting; Alan García did the same (+10%) in 2007; Ollanta Humala (+11.1%) followed in 2012 and Pedro Castillo (10.2%) in 2022. However, the approval of neither fell to 4% as with Boluarte.
The labor activist Germán Lora stated that the increase in the minimum wage does not affect large or medium-sized companies, but rather small and micro ones (mypes).
“The average monthly remuneration in formal companies is between S/2,400 and S/2,500. If we talk about formal and informal, the average is S/1,500. So, the decision is not understood,” he added.
Labor activist Ricardo Herrera pointed out that to increase the RMV, inflation, productivity and whether the economic outlook warrants it must be taken into account.
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